Arrival, 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O’Brien and Tzi Ma. SYNOPSIS: Dr. Louise Banks, a celebrated linguist reeling from personal tragedy, is called in by the military to decode the language of an alien civilisation when a strange spacecraft lands in Montana… There’s a human […]
Movie Review – The Anatomy of Monsters (2014)
The Anatomy of Monsters, 2014. Directed by Byron C. Miller. Starring Tabitha Bastien, Jesse Lee Keeter, Conner Marx, Keiko Green and Asher Vast. SYNOPSIS: Aspiring murderer Andrew lures a seemingly innocent woman back to a room in a seedy motel intending to make her his latest victim. However, much to his surprise, his intended victim […]
What Donald Trump’s Favourite Film Says About Him
This week, Neil Calloway looks at the 45th US President’s favourite movie… If you haven’t been too busy watching and re-watching the international trailer for Rogue One, you may have noticed that there was a US Presidential election this week, resulting in Donald Trump being elected to the White House. During the election campaign, as […]
The Week in Star Wars – New footage from Rogue One, The Force Awakens 3D Blu-ray reviewed, Eddie Redmayne on auditoning for Kylo Ren
Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars features more new footage from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, as well as a review for the 3D Blu-Ray release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Eddie Redmayne’s bad audition and more… With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story just over a month away (it’s […]
A record 27 films submitted for the Best Animated Feature Oscar
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced that a record 27 movies have been submitted for consideration for the Best Animated Feature Oscar at the 89th Academy Awards: The Angry Birds Movie April and the Extraordinary World Bilal Finding Dory Ice Age: Collision Course Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV Kubo and the Two […]
Universal and DreamWorks Animation pull the plug on The Croods 2
After three-and-a-half years in development, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation have pulled the plug on The Croods 2. According to Variety, there had been doubts about proceeding with the project prior to Comcast’s purchase of DreamWorks Animation earlier this year, with the decision made on Thursday to halt production on the sequel to the 2013 CG-animated […]
Comic Book Review – Reggie And Me #1
Tai Freligh reviews Reggie And Me #1… There is no one more loved, revered, admired and adored in Riverdale than… Reggie Mantle? Well, at least Reggie doesn’t think there’s anyone as loved and admired as himself. And his best friend can back that idea up—his best friend, of course, being his dog, Vader. The unstoppable duo […]
Paul Feig to direct female engineer comedy Turned On
It looks like Paul Feig has found his first post-Ghostbusters project, with the director signing on to helm the female engineer comedy Turned On for 20th Century Fox. Variety is reporting that the project is written by Charlie Kesslering, an assistant to James Corden on The Late Late Show with James Corden, and “centers on […]
USA Network gives pilot order to Biggie and Tupac crime drama Unsolved
Deadline is reporting that USA Network has placed a pilot order for Unsolved, a true crime serial from director and executive producer Anthony Hemingway (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story). The project has been written by Kyle Long (Suits) and is based upon former LAPD Detective Greg Kading’s book Murder Rap: The Untold […]
The Witch director confirms that Nosferatu remake is his next film
Back in July of last year it was revealed that The Witch director Robert Eggers had signed on to direct a studio remake of F.W. Murnau’s silent horror masterpiece Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, and now the filmmaker has confirmed to IndieWire that it will be his next project. “[It’s shocking] to me,” said Eggers. […]
